Nona Ricafort at Leadership Exchange.

YOUR EXCELLENCIES, GOVERNMENT DIGNITARIES, POLICY MAKERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, MY GPW COLLEAGUES & THE DISTINGUISHED PARTICIPANTS LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE  THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON WITH US HERE, WITHOUT HER WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS HALL, THE FOUNDER OF THE GLOBAL PEACE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL, MADAME CHAIRWOMAN DR. JINSOOK MOON.

IT IS A GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE FOR ALL OF US TO BE PART OF THIS GATHERING OF ACTIVE LEADERS OF THE GLOBAL PEACE WOMEN INTERNATIONAL   FOR THE FIRST TIME,  A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR GLOBAL SISTERS, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GPW CHAPTERS IN THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES UNDER THE CHALLENGE OF PEACE BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO NETWORK WITH OUR PEERS AROUND THE WORLD, GET AN UPDATE ABOUT THEIR WORK, AND DISCUSS THEIR 2016-2017 STRATEGY AND SERVICE MINDED GLOBAL LEADERS IDEALS.

ALSO THIS AFTERNOON WE WILL NOT ONLY GET TO KNOW THE GPW INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER LEADERS BUT ALSO THE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL AND MOST IMPORTANT THE HISTORY OF GPW AND ITS STRUCTURE. SO SEAT DOWN AND RELAX AS THE EXCITING PROGRAM UNFOLDS WITH OUR DYNAMIC AND DEDICATED SECRETARY GENERAL DR. SOONOK KANG ON TOP OF THESE MOMENTOUS EVENT.

The above is a prepared presentation for the Global Peace Convention 2017. Changes in actual delivery may not be reflected.